it doesn't guarantee a sound or a economy or a more stable job market. it does not guarantee that another young american, man or woman, won't go and lose their life because we weren't willing to make the right investments here in the first place. we need to say no to the politics of the lowest common denominator and the simplistic slogans and start making real choices that protect the interest of our country. that is imperative. [applause] unfortunately, the state our ownnt doesn't have grover norquist pushing a pledge to protect it. we don't have millions of aarp seniors sending in their dues and rallying to protect american investments overseas. the kids whose lives we are helping save from aids, the women who are -- who we are helping to free from the horrors of sex trafficking, the students who can choose for the first time to walk into a school instead of a short life of terror, their strongest lobbyists are the rare, committed americans who stand up to them and for the resources that we need to help them. and i hope that includes all of you here an